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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Couldn't disagree more. MacKinnon builds speed through the neutral zone - and the lack of a forecheck was why he was able to do it and why they were on their heels so much. They were floating high in the offensive zone rather than pressuring. This is a totally different strategy.
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Yep, this. Our defensemen were forced to attempt to defend MacKinnon at 100MPH as he gained speed from 120 feet with little to no confrontation until our blue line.